-L.A.S
Monday, January 25, 2010
Attn: Steven Alan For ACL & Co. Oxford
Another top notch collaboration finds its way to the ACL Shop today with the addition of a flap pocket oxford shirt. I'm a huge Steven Alan fan, and while I prefer the reverse seam model, this shirt is based on his popular "single needle" fit. The shirts are co-labeled and come with a flap pocket, button down collar and like all of Mr. Alan's gear it is made in America. Mr. Williams, and his shop, may be loved or hated, but never ignored. Pick one up in classic black or white for $168.00.
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High prices are bad taste. We can get 'your' shirt for cheaper. I'd rather endorse someone who doesn't delete opinionated comments.
ReplyDelete@TheEnthusiast - You realize they are the same price as a normal Steven Alan shirt right? The ACL bashing is becoming a bit bromidic.
ReplyDelete$125 (as in LAS for Taylor Stitch)< $168. I'd pick the $125 personally. I can take someone out to dinner for that extra $40.
ReplyDeleteEnthusiast- You're a ride or die kinda homie. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteRight, thought you were comparing regular Steven Alan prices. Wasn't even aware of that other shirt. To each his own....I guess. Think this is more along the lines of another chance to take a pot shot at Michael Williams. Then again that seems to be what all the kids are doing these days.
ReplyDeletePs - where are you taking someone out to dinner for $40?
i kinda dig these, simple black and white. not too bad from mr. mw.
ReplyDelete@ Sean - Somewhere really really nice.
ReplyDeleteStevie Alan makes fantastic shirts, I know, but he has a new predicament. People are making high quality shirts cheaper as the market demand is going up. He'll adapt, although probably not through collabs. MW and Stevie didn't miss the mark with these shirts (but the black is iffy), they just missed the market of people that don't spend over $150 on a white shirt.
MW does run a good blog (always love his industrial office posts) but needs to learn how to take criticism. If you have a say in influencing what is considered "cool" and what the public is interested in purchasing, you have to be able to okay with people telling you that your clothing is stupid or useless. "My way or the highway" never works for anyone.
PS With the resurgence of work wear, staples are a dime a dozen. Besides a button pocket, these don't offer a ton more than Land's End, Brooks Brothers, or even a custom shirt maker (check out AAW custom shirt posts, they are reasonably priced).
I think Steven Alan was one of the first to go colabo. He did an off brand collection with Urban Outfitters called Lark&Wollf back in 08 offering his aesthetic in a lower price bracket. I do think you gotta be careful if your a new jack trying to align your self with a reputable brand though. I would think you should just do you and come with a better product rather than borrow a label to sell your stuff. Something about it just doesn't seem that integral is all. I'm not hating because it's probably a decent shirt but I'm just saying.
ReplyDeletehttp://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/made-in-americana-red-white-blue-and-black/ Williams' comments about the Americana trend just seem as though everything the man has built his blog around has no backbone. For someone like him I did not think it was supposed to be about what's trending, but more lifestyle oriented. I hope he doesn't turn his back completely on this however, that'd be a blow to his credibility. I'm curious to see what the new shift in interests means for his mostly overhyped blog.
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